Indiana Jones 5? (1 Viewer)

[tenordas]

I saw it this weekend

I liked it. it was miles better than Crystal Skulls and a worthy Indiana Jones movie. Mads was really good as the villain. However it is a distant 4th after the original trilogy

So you're saying it's not even as good as the extremely mediocre "Temple of Doom"? That's decidedly not a ringing endorsement.
Think I'll just stick with "Raiders" and "Last Crusade." Maybe I'll watch it sometime when I'm out of interesting things to watch after it's on Disney+.

 

[Saintslfc13]

I saw it a week ago. Not as good as the OG trilogy for me but it was a very enjoyable Indiana Jones movie and I'm glad we got to see Ford in the role one last time. I thought the ending sequence was a cool idea for the most part and it worked for me, didn't realize it was controversial at all.

So you're saying it's not even as good as the extremely mediocre "Temple of Doom"? That's decidedly not a ringing endorsement.
Think I'll just stick with "Raiders" and "Last Crusade." Maybe I'll watch it sometime when I'm out of interesting things to watch after it's on Disney+.

Saw this as I was typing. Just goes to show how subjective it all is. Temple of Doom is my favorite movie from the OG trilogy. It's certainly not the best movie in a technical sense but it's the one I enjoy watching the most. Could be that it's the first one I ever saw but I've seen all of them multiple times now and my opinion hasn't changed.

 

[tenordas]

I saw it a week ago. Not as good as the OG trilogy for me but it was a very enjoyable Indiana Jones movie and I'm glad we got to see Ford in the role one last time. I thought the ending sequence was a cool idea for the most part and it worked for me, didn't realize it was controversial at all.

Saw this as I was typing. Just goes to show how subjective it all is. Temple of Doom is my favorite movie from the OG trilogy. It's certainly not the best movie in a technical sense but it's the one I enjoy watching the most. Could be that it's the first one I ever saw but I've seen all of them multiple times now and my opinion hasn't changed.

Interesting. Temple of Doom had some good action sequences to it, and some definite intrigue in the villains and plot, but I simply couldn't abide Kate Capshaw's character, nor did I like Short Round. They were insufferable characters and really ruined the film for me, especially her. Also, the whole Indy "mentally enslaved" thing and bonking him with a torch to revive him seemed really dumb and not at all believable.

Last Crusade is decidedly my favourite Indy film, but Raiders is only second by a hair's breadth.

 

[Booker]

I thought it was pretty good, way better than Crystal Skull. I do think it's hard to hold it up against the first three, mostly because those movies are literally classics and have been a part of the cultural milieu for the last four decades, but I felt it was a worthy entry.

 

[play action]

one for the bluray collection,most of them are now days. As far as the english fascination with egypt,definitely. Well of souls ,egyptian sand,way more intriguing way more mystical mysterious interesting than india. The bad guy Nazis, first one had it all. The rest,well last crusade came close. The whole series is above average however.

 

[Optimus Prime]

article on the future of the franchise

After the lackluster box office I don't if we'll ever see Indy again at all
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In the minds of many, there is one name that is associated with action and adventure: Indiana Jones. While there have been younger incarnations of the character played by different actors, Harrison Ford is the face associated with the Indiana Jones franchise. It's hard to imagine that the series would have lasted as long without him and if the original pick for the role, Tom Selleck, had gotten the part

Ford has been playing the role of Indiana Jones since 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, and in 2023, 42 years after the first film in the franchise, Ford played the role one last time in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny from director James Mangold. The fifth Indiana Jones film has been long-awaited and arrived 15 years after the last film, 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The gap between Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the newest film is almost as long as the gap between The Last Crusade and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Yet the desire to see Ford return as the famous archeologist was still there.

But what happens to the Indiana Jones franchise after Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny? All the filmmakers involved have said this will be Ford's last time playing the character, so the common theory is that this will be the last film in the franchise. Will that be the case? Can Indiana Jones as a franchise endure without Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford? Here is what could be in store for the future of the franchise.

Batman Begins and Casino Royale premiered in back-to-back years in the mid-2000s, starting a trend where practically every major Hollywood property was given the reboot treatment. A reboot involves throwing out the entire continuity and restarting the franchise with a fresh new approach. While this treatment is sometimes welcome, more often than not it is met by great hesitation from a fanbase that does not want to feel like the past films or their love for them are disregarded.

While Indiana Jones does not have a big, vast, rich mythology between each film, each installment can be viewed with no viewing of the others. The purpose of a reboot would allow a new take on the popular character, reworking elements of the character or even telling new stories with the character, like expanding his relationship and history with characters Marion Ravenwood, Marcus Brody, Sollah, and Belloq.

The biggest obstacle for general audiences and fans would be accepting another actor in the role of Indiana Jones that is not Harrison Ford. Unlike James Bond, who is a literary character and has been played by multiple Bond actors over the past 60 years, Indiana Jones is an original film character tied to Harrison Ford.

Recasting an actor for one of the most iconic characters may seem difficult, but it is not impossible. In 2009, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek introduced a new recast crew of the Starship Enterprise, and characters like Kirk and Spock were as linked to their original actors as Ford is to Indiana Jones. However, audiences accepted Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and the rest of the cast who now have loyal fans of their own and are eagerly anticipating their return. A new actor, a new approach, and a new look for Indiana Jones may seem hard to imagine, but it is not something that should be ruled out.

Pass The Hat On To A New Character​

While the reboot used to be the popular trend, it is the legacy sequel that is now becoming dominant in pop culture, with the exception of animated classics. Lucasfilm has already done this with the Star Wars sequel trilogy. While it seems impossible to hand over the franchise from the titular character, after six movies the Rocky films morphed into the Creed franchise, so it is possible.............

The most interesting possibility, and arguably the most fitting, is to see the return of Short Round to the franchise. Indiana Jones actor Ke Huy Quan, who played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, recently wowed critics and audiences with his performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, which marked his return from acting after retiring in the 1990s. The idea of an older Short Round reuniting with Indiana Jones to carry on his good friend's legacy seems like a great way to honor the franchise. Plus, he already has extensive fight training, being a stunt coordinator for decades.

Short Round is a well-liked character. Many fans would be pleased to see his return. Being as the character is already established in the world of Indiana Jones, and he has a pre-sold audience, Lucasfilm could experiment with the formatting and make a new but connected franchise. They could avoid fans directly comparing the new theoretical film with the older ones and the new characters with their predecessors. Short Round already exists as a character, so as long as it is consistent with his character and the world that he exists in, it can be marketed more as a continuation rather than a replacement.

End Indiana Jones​

The common assumption is that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be the final chapter in the Indiana Jones series. Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, has already said she has no intention of rebooting the franchise and said Indiana Jones will never be recast. It appears that once Ford is done, the franchise is done. While it is certainly sad to think that there will be no more Indiana Jones movies, that is not necessarily a bad thing...........

MSN

 

[Optimus Prime]

Short video on the De-aging sequence

 

[DaveXA]

Short video on the De-aging sequence

Not surprising. Fascinating use of technology though. It's Hollywood, and I like how they use the technology for the most part.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Not surprising. Fascinating use of technology though. It's Hollywood, and I like how they use the technology for the most part.

Like I said, I would have been fine if the whole movie was that way

 

[DaveXA]

Like I said, I would have been fine if the whole movie was that way

Indeed.

 

[Optimus Prime]

On Disney Plus on Dec 1st

I listened to the movie score for Dial of Destiny recently and I found it to be pretty forgettable

The only parts that stood to me where the parts that used callbacks to the original trilogy's themes

Not the best way for the legendary John Williams to go out

I felt pretty much the same way about the Star Wars Sequel trilogy, other than Kylo Ren's theme nothing stood out to me in all 3 movies. Even the terrible prequels had some great music in them

 

[bonnjer]

On Disney Plus on Dec 1st

I listened to the movie score for Dial of Destiny recently and I found it to be pretty forgettable

The only parts that stood to me where the parts that used callbacks to the original trilogy's themes

Not the best way for the legendary John Williams to go out

I felt pretty much the same way about the Star Wars Sequel trilogy, other than Kylo Ren's theme nothing stood out to me in all 3 movies. Even the terrible prequels had some great music in them

I didn't see this in theaters. I'll watch it on D+ though only because I'm already subscribed and I might as well.

 

[gummbo70114]

On the one hand, I'd like to see them redeem the hot mess that was Crystal Skulls.

On the other, there's a very real possibility that it would be even worse than Crystal Skull. Maybe much worse.

Thoughts?
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At the age of 71, Harrison Ford is eager to reprise his role as Indiana Jones.

The actor has played the adventurous archaeologist in four movies, most recently 2008's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," and he admits he would love to put on the character's fedora one more time. Ford acknowledges his advancing years might be a factor on set, and he would have to rely on a stuntman for the more energetic scenes....................



Harrison Ford wants one more go as Indiana Jones - MSN Movies News

I can see it now, Indiana Jones, and the legend of the hip replacement

 

[Optimus Prime]

……Mangold admits that he was at something of an impasse. Already assigned with the task of making a new "Indiana Jones" movie, he could either hire an 80-year-old Harrison Ford or cast a new actor.

Given the options, the former seemed vastly preferable, but Mangold understood that audiences would reject either. He described his dilemmas thus:

"You have a wonderful, brilliant actor who's in his 80s. [...] So I'm making a movie about this guy in his 80s, but his audience on one other level doesn't want to confront their hero at that age. And I am like, 'I'm good with it.' We made the movie. But the question is, how would anything have made the audience happy with that, other than having to start over again with a new guy?"

More than anything, though, Mangold understood that audiences rejected his film's themes of mortality. All heroes die, he wanted to say.

Action heroes, after all, live by a code of violence, often punching and killing hundreds of "bad guys" in the name of righteousness.

But all that murder must wear away a person's soul and doesn't necessarily warrant a cushy existence late in life.

Audiences accepted those themes in Mangold's "Logan" — about an elderly Wolverine — but rejected it with Indiana Jones. He said:

"Here come lifelong heroes from my childhood [Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy] into my life going, 'We have something for you to work on.' [It was a] joyous experience, but it hurt. In the sense that I really love Harrison and I wanted audiences to love him as he was, and to accept that that's part of what the movie has to say; that things come to an end. That's part of life." …..

How Director James Mangold Feels About Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny Flopping - SlashFilm

For director James Mangold, the flop status of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has had a lasting impact. Here's what he had to say.

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